Recent Articles
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The reality of work relationships: To ban or not to ban
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThere are 168 hours in a week. Assuming a modest seven hours of sleep per night, removing those 49 hours leaves us with 119 waking hours. Working a full-time job, we commit more than a third (approximately 37 percent) of our waking hours going to, being at and returning from work. Thus, it is understandable why and how we develop personal relationships with our co-workers.
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Can Pokémon Go help catch customers? Retailers think so
Danielle Manley RetailPokémon Go has taken over. Currently available in the U.S., New Zealand and Australia only, Pokémon Go is already rivaling Twitter for total daily users. With numbers like this, business owners everywhere should be looking at how they can use Pokémon Go's success to their advantage.
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Boardroom courtesy helps avoid a meltdown
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementThe board meeting is a setting that brings together diverse volunteers for the purpose of governance. Discussions can be passionate and frustrating, and the environment unique to new directors. How can you avoid a boardroom meltdown — when voices are raised, fingers are pointed or directors leave angrily? Observe boardroom courtesy to enable a more effective governing process.
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3 ways administrators are skeptical about church communications
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityWe recently finished a successful The Church Network conference in Dallas, where hundreds of church administrators gathered together for learning and fellowship. I spoke at the communications Fast Track, conducted live on-the-spot web and brand analyses, met with dozens of people who stopped by our expo booth, and finished the week with a session about church communication.
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Employment applications: A refresher course
Mel Kleiman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe most important piece of paper between you and the job applicant is the employment application. Yet the employment application is such a commonplace, routine document that we often overlook how vital it is.
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Act now, reap later: Preparing for a dental office lease renewal
Jeremy D. Behar Oral & Dental HealthcareSmart dental office lease negotiations require long-term strategic planning and a proactive approach. Like poker players who analyze their hands and anticipate the dealer's cards, dentists who prepare for lease renewals and begin negotiations ahead of time are more likely to come out winners.
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What do June’s economic statistics mean for your small business?
Paul Zukowski Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWe all see the same government-supplied numbers on the U.S. economy each month — the jobs added, the unemployment rate, the Fed's interest rate. But what those numbers mean to your small business is often quite different from what they mean to the business next door, to Exxon or to the economy as a whole, especially in a presidential election year.
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ER mortality rates have plunged since 1997
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareAdvances in medical care and more end-of-life outpatient options have resulted in a sharp decline in emergency room deaths in the last 15 years, according to a new study published in the July edition of Health Affairs. Researchers found a 48 percent drop in adult deaths in ERs between 1997 and 2011. There's no clear-cut reason for the decrease, leading researchers to cite several reasons for the results.
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Pokémon Go is getting gamers on the move
Suzanne Mason Science & TechnologyWalking down Dulany Street in Alexandria, Virginia, the plaza where I usually see people sitting and having lunch has transformed into a Pokémon Gym, where people battle their Pokémon against other users. I was told the ownership of the gym changed a few times before lunch Monday.
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Metals Thoughts: Spinning our wheels
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesThere has been a fair amount of choppiness to the market in the last week without really getting anywhere from a price movement perspective. Since our close on July 1, we are up about $4, but have had some volatile sessions in the interim — especially Friday after the particularly strong jobs report.